Did I say it was? No I didn't. Just because it happens a lot doesn't make it acceptable.

Then suggest a viable alternative.

Note that CBS actually tried "It's only a minor golf tournament (and it was, as most of the top players were getting ready for the (British) Open Championship), so we'll cut away and just tell everyone who won at 7:30 Eastern" once, and got so many complaints that they quickly announced they would not cut away from a golf playoff again.
Switching it to CBS Sports Network is also not particularly viable, as not that many people have it.

Note that CBS actually tried "It's only a minor golf tournament (and it was, as most of the top players were getting ready for the (British) Open Championship), so we'll cut away and just tell everyone who won at 7:30 Eastern" once, and got so many complaints that they quickly announced they would not cut away from a golf playoff again.
Switching it to CBS Sports Network is also not particularly viable, as not that many people have it.

How about they just schedule things appropriately? Only CBS seems to be incapable of scheduling around sports events on a regular basis. Fox does fine almost all the time (except it long overtime situations).

For some reason CBS seems incapable of scheduling around sports. As those of us who watch Amazing Race have known for years...

How about they just schedule things appropriately? Only CBS seems to be incapable of scheduling around sports events on a regular basis. Fox does fine almost all the time (except it long overtime situations).

For some reason CBS seems incapable of scheduling around sports. As those of us who watch Amazing Race have known for years...

For many years the FCC has regulated how many hours of network vs. local TV a station can broadcast. When sporting events run later than scheduled, the network in a sense, gets a free pass to broadcast longer than normal and get more ad revenue without any additional production costs. FOX doesn't reach the network time limit because of its shorter night so they don't gain anything by upsetting viewers while the other networks will probably never make any real effort to fix the situation.